Discovery of the chapel of the former mariners

Name: Descubrimiento de la capilla de los antiguos marineros
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Chapelle Saint-Nicolas

Come and visit the small chapel built in 1661 by the sailors of a village of boatmen.

17 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed

©Collection OT Lac du Der

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About the location

Chapelle Saint-Nicolas

Rue du Bas Village, 51300 Vitry-le-François

Marne
Grand Est

The district of the Low Village, where is the chapel St Nicholas' Day, was in time(period) very previous(former) to the foundation of Vitry, bargemen's village. The boatmen built this chapel in 1661, in bardage of wooden pieces and cover of slats of beech and decorated with marine anchors outside and indoors. The chosen boss was Saint Nicolas, boss of the bargemen.